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Where does “unalignable” come from?

unalignable (English) comes from English alignable, from English align, from Middle English alynen, from Middle French aligner, from Old French alignier, from Latin lineare, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum — flax.

unalignable (English): Not alignable

Definitions

  1. Not alignable

Ancestry of “unalignable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalignableAble to be aligned
2EnglishalignTo form a line; to fall into line; To adjust or...
3Middle Englishalynen—
4Middle Frenchaligner—
5Old Frenchalignier—
6Latinlinearepresent active infinitive of līneō; second-person...
7Latinlīnea—
8Latinlīnum—
9Proto-Italiclīnom—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →